Should This Girl Have Been Kicked Out Of Prom For Looking "Too Sexy"?

A prom organized for local homeschooled kids in Richmond, Va., took a turn for the weird and creepy after one of the students was asked to leave because the chaperoning dads couldn't stop staring at her (via Gawker). Seventeen-year-old Clare was excited for the prom tickets her boyfriend had purchased and bought a dress for the occasion that fit the association's guidelines—dresses should reach at least the fingertips of the person wearing it. This was the fourth year she was attending the prom, so she was familiar with their standards.

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In a post on her sister's blog, Clare wrote that she was stopped immediately by a female chaperone and told her dress was too short. (It wasn't.)

"When I got into the ballroom, I laughed, because I was surrounded by girls in much shorter dresses then me, albeit they were shorter, and therefore stood out less in the crowd, but it was still frustrating," she wrote.

But that was just the beginning of her problems. After she joined up with her friends, the chaperoning fathers started gawking at them inappropriately. "We were also a little grossed out by all the dads on the balcony above the dance floor, ogling and talking amongst themselves."

Soon after, the woman who initially told Clare her dress was too short, pulled her aside and told her that her dancing was concerning some of the chaperoning dads at the dance. Even though Clare insisted that she hadn't been dancing, she was asked to leave the prom and was given a refund. Her friends decided to leave with her, and were told they would get their money back too, but have not yet been refunded.

Clare linked to her blog post on the Richmond Homeschool Prom Facebook page and got so much supportive feedback that the page was shut down by administrators.